It looked as if FP2 in Abu Dhabi would be plain sailing for Mercedes and Valtteri Bottas, however, with 20 minutes left the Finn collided with Romain Grosjean. Bottas was able to get back out on track but the Frenchman's session came to an early end.
Bottas topped the opening two sessions at the Yas Marina Circuit as he looks for a fifth win of his best season in Formula 1. He'll have to do it from the back of the after taking a new engine.
Check out Bottas' crash with Grosjean in the clip below!
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Monaco Grand Prix
Overview
Friday 05.06.26
Practice 1
11:30 AM
Practice 2
03:00 PM
Saturday 06.06.26
Practice 3
10:30 AM
Qualification
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